Porter's value chain identifies primary and support activities.
How could you use his value chain as a tool for the development of
information systems in a large corporation?
When would a company decide to change from a functional to a
multidivisional structure? How does the multidivisional structure
solve the problems associated with the functional
structure?
Different between a functional organizational structure, a
project organizational structure, and a matrix organizational
structure for the systems department. Give one advantage and one
disadvantage of each.
Using the value chain analysis model, discuss which activities from
both primary activities and support activities create value or dont
create value for walmart.
Provide a value chain analysis for Nike (primary and
support activities) and then explain the type of generic strategy
this supports (i.e., differentiation, cost leadership, focus,
blue-ocean strategy).
Explain how projectized organization structure would affect
process management versus matrix organizational structure and
functional organizational strucutre adn explain why?
Which type of organizational structure does Saudi
Aramco currently have? Functional structure, divisional structure,
or matrix structure? Provide evidence.
What organizational structure does it use to govern its
foreign market operation (International Division Structure,
Worldwide (3-dimensional) Matrix, Worldwide Product Division
Structure, or something else)?
(Questions do not belong to a specific case, just on the
organizational structure Saudi Aramco currently has.)